Rig Veda (translation and commentary)
by H. H. Wilson | 1866 | 1,999,864 words | ISBN-10: 8171101380 | ISBN-13: 9788171101382
The Rig-Veda, English translation, including the commentary of Sayana and grammatical analysis. The hyms of the Rigveda Samhita represents some of the oldest and complex of Hindu Sanskrit literature. In ten books, these mantras form the core essence of rituals and ceremonies once widely performed throughout ancient India. This edition contains the...
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Rig Veda 10.85.12
Sanskrit text [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
शुची॑ ते च॒क्रे या॒त्या व्या॒नो अक्ष॒ आह॑तः । अनो॑ मन॒स्मयं॑ सू॒र्यारो॑हत्प्रय॒ती पति॑म् ॥
शुची ते चक्रे यात्या व्यानो अक्ष आहतः । अनो मनस्मयं सूर्यारोहत्प्रयती पतिम् ॥
śucī te cakre yātyā vyāno akṣa āhataḥ | ano manasmayaṃ sūryārohat prayatī patim ||
English translation:
“The two swift-moving wheels were your pure (cars). Vāyu was the fastened axle, Sūrya mountedthe chariot of the Mind, going to her lord.”
Details:
Ṛṣi (sage/seer): sūryā sāvitrī;Devatā (deity/subject-matter): sūryāvivāhaḥ ;
Chandas (meter): pādanicṛdanuṣṭup ;
Svara (tone/note): Swar;
Padapatha [Accents, Plain, Transliterated]:
शुची॑ । ते॒ । च॒क्रे इति॑ । या॒त्याः । वि॒ऽआ॒नः । अक्षः॑ । आऽह॑तः । अनः॑ । म॒न॒स्मय॑म् । सू॒र्या । आ । अ॒रो॒ह॒त् । प्र॒ऽय॒ती । पति॑म् ॥
शुची । ते । चक्रे इति । यात्याः । विआनः । अक्षः । आहतः । अनः । मनस्मयम् । सूर्या । आ । अरोहत् । प्रयती । पतिम् ॥
śucī | te | cakre iti | yātyāḥ | vi-ānaḥ | akṣaḥ | āhataḥ | anaḥ | manasmayam | sūryā | ā | arohat | pra-yatī | patim
Multi-layer Annotation of the Ṛgveda
[Rigveda 10.85.12 English analysis of grammar]
[noun], nominative, dual, masculine
“clean; clean; pure; bright; clear; honest; śuci [word]; clear; impeccant.”
[noun], genitive, singular
“you.”
[noun], nominative, dual, neuter
“wheel; Cakra; discus; army; cakra; oil mill; cakrikā; cakra; group.”
[verb noun], genitive, singular
“go; enter (a state); travel; disappear; reach; come; campaign; elapse; arrive; drive; reach; leave; run; depart; ride.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“Vyāna.”
[noun], nominative, singular, masculine
“axle.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“strike; injure; māray; beat; attack; pound; contradict; incise; beat; hit.”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
“cart; anas [word].”
[noun], accusative, singular, neuter
[noun], nominative, singular, feminine
“Citrullus colocynthis Schrad..”
[verb], singular, Imperfect
“board; hop on; climb; ascend; descend; ride; copulate; grow.”
[verb noun], nominative, singular
“die; proceed; advance; continue; begin; depart.”
[noun], accusative, singular, masculine
“husband; overlord; king; deity; īśvara; ruler; pati [word]; commanding officer; leader; owner; mayor; lord.”